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repelling::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky |
Examples of repelling
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Wicks was otherwise brilliant, repelling numerous quality scoring opportunities.
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A rabbit's success in repelling strangers depends on the potency of the pellets.
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Their efforts will be hamstrung by their talent-repelling management practices.
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Let's trudge on while repelling boarders and easing out freeriders and saboteurs.
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Based on the space arcade game you'll be tasked with repelling an alien invasion.
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Instead of repelling service users, invite them to lead research and policy work.
From the guardian.co.uk
Unifying the nation and repelling imperialism seemed a very remote possibility.
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Either it attracts people of faith while repelling the secular, or vice versa.
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She is also talented and vicious at repelling Iwata's frequent leers and advances.
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- Cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
- Be repellent to; cause aversion in
- Force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"
- Rebuff: reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal"
- Disgust: fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me"
- (repelling) disgusting: highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"
- Repel is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.
- To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc. [from 15th c.]; To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.). [from 15th c.]; To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.). [from 15th c.]; To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.). [from 15th c. ...
- (Repelling) This is when a material resists liquid and becomes incapable of absorbing it or letting it pass through. In the diapering world, repelling usually occurs to the top stay-dry lining when it gets a waxy or oily build-up from detergents, rash creams, or anything else.
